When the Blaze of Heavens descended upon earth and humanity, it was a blessing to those who would live above the Rim, a curse to those living beneath and something else to some. It fell on a scholar to unravel the truth, hidden in past history, that would prove to be a matter of survival or extinction.

Somewhere in deep space a nebula opens a mouth like the mouth of a dark cave but it is a space rift and the rift leads to a star system and a breathtaking planet, known to its indigenous inhabitants as Orae. The Westorys Rift, so the Rift is named, after the man who discovered it and invented the technology to cross it.

In this sequel to GLANS OF TARUNAN, seven years have passed. Under the leadership of Professor Sara Westorys, her nephew Yurin and Jorg Benedict, a new community is thriving in what was once an abandoned envo-sphere.

Nineteen years have passed since the birth of Yurins younger son, Érovir. In the prevailing atmosphere of political rapport between the Domain of Mars and the Federacy of Earth after years of the Undeclared War, a probe is received from Orae with a message, a desperate cry for help.